Creating the capacity report for the application

In this scenario, you create a scheduled report about the capacity and storage usage of an application's pools.

About this task

You want to create and schedule a report about the capacity of the pools that are assigned to an application.

Procedure

  1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
  2. In the Related Resources section, double-click the application, and then click Pools.
  3. Click Create Report, enter the unique name of the report, and then click Next.
  4. Select the capacity values that you want to include in the report.
    In this scenario, the following actions are completed to configure the report output:
    1. In the General section, exclude all of the columns except for the Name and Tier columns.
    2. In the Storage section , add capacity values, and select Zero Capacity from the Other section.
      What's zero capacity: The capacity information that is collected over 180 days is analyzed to determine, based on historical storage consumption, when the pools will run out of capacity. The pools that have already run out of capacity are marked as depleted. For the other pools, a date is provided so that you know when the pools are projected to run out of capacity. If sufficient information isn't collected to analyze the storage usage of the pool, None is shown as the value for zero capacity. If a capacity limit is set for the pool, the date shown in the Zero Capacity column is the date when the available capacity based on the capacity limit will be depleted. For example, if the capacity limit for a 100 GiB pool is 80%, it is the date when the available capacity of the pool is less than 20 GiB. Depleted is shown in the column when the capacity limit is reached.
    3. To reorder the report output, drag the column headings.
  5. Add up to four filters.
    Zero capacity filter
    Tip: Don't forget to click Apply Filter when you add each filter, and check the report preview to ensure that the report's recipients will get the information that they need.
  6. Send the report now or schedule the report to be sent regularly, such as every week, or month.
    You can send the report by email, and attach the report as a CSV, PDF, or HTML file.
  7. Click Save and Schedule.

Results

Depending on the scheduling option that you chose, the report is sent or will be sent at the interval that you specified. To preview or edit the report, click Reports > Reports, expand the Custom Report section, and select the report.